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Vanilla Salted Browned Butter Rice Krispy Treats

July 23, 2014 By Laura 7 Comments

Rice Krispy Treats made with Browned Butter and Vanilla Salt

Vanilla Salted Browned Butter Rice Krispy Treats are a sophisticated and delicious twist on the childhood classic. I never make Rice Krispy Treats because I have no off button for them. Seriously, no self control whatsoever. So what made me think it was a good idea to step them up a notch with browned butter… 

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No Bake Peppermint Chocolate Chip Bars

June 28, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Bakeless Mint Chocolate brownies

OK so this feels like a cheat, but my choices are unconventional posts or no posts at all since I am at the beach with no camera apart from my iPhone and no regular kitchen tools. So unconventional it is, at least for now. Remember those awesome Bakeless Brownies I shared about a week ago?

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Bakeless Brownies: Review of Bakeless Sweets

June 15, 2013 By Laura 9 Comments

No Bake Chocolate Bars with Pecans

You know what they say about assuming…. I write this post in sincere humility, to demonstrate that even experienced bakers such as myself, who routinely instruct others of you how to bake on this website, are capable of making absolutely ridiculous mistakes. Alas. And sometimes we even do it when it really counts, such as… 

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White Chocolate Mousse with Strawberries and Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar

May 6, 2013 By Laura 21 Comments

I should have known better than to sing the praises of the gorgeous spring weather we’ve been having! Today was cold and rainy. Absolutely miserable. But not snow at least, with apologies to my friends west of me. With rain at least I can tell myself that April early May showers bring May flowers and… 

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No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

September 5, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

Do you ever have moments where something–a memory, a smell, a sensation, etc.–triggers a feeling and all of a sudden you can perfectly imagine being somewhere other than where you are? Maybe a smell that reminds you of your grandma’s house or the sensation of snapping beans that takes you back to a summer day… 

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Individual Peanut Butter Mousse Pies–for Mikey–and John, Alex and Sammy

March 7, 2012 By Laura Leave a Comment

As most of you know, I was gone for a decent chunk of last summer.  I tried my best to keep up with blogging–I even became a travel blog for a short while but I did not keep up with the outside world worth a hoot.  Major League Baseball passed me by as did the excitement… 

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Double Chocolate Peppermint Mousse Parfait

November 3, 2010 By Laura 11 Comments

Double Chocolate Peppermint Parfait--bittersweet chocolate mousse and white chocolate mousse, layered with peppermint

You’ve probably noticed that this blog is dessert/baked goods central lately. I don’t like to whine TOO much (sometimes this blog feels like a long list of what infection I’ve had when), but after the appendectomy I did something to my back, caught a sinus infection, and now I have bronchitis. But October is also… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, mint chocolate, mousse, No Bake Desserts, white chocolate Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate curls, dark chocolate, mint, mousse, parfait, peppermint, white chocolate

Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse Cake For Sammy

October 24, 2009 By Laura 14 Comments

The previously un-considered dilemmas that arise with small children can be unexpected and tricky. For example, explaining Nazis to a 4 YO who loves The Sound Of Music. Or why the singer in Jace Everett’s Bad Things wants “to do bad things to you” (that was a hoot of a conversation–“Mommy, this is NOT a… 

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Happy Belated Birthday Alex! Worms in Dirt Mousse Cups

June 18, 2009 By Laura 5 Comments

Belated because near the end of Alex’s party on Sunday, when nearly everyone was gone anyway, we had the mother of all thunderstorms, got 2 inches of water in 30 minutes (sending our creek into flash flood), and had a big power surge, which, while we did not lose power, totally destroyed our internet box…. 

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Filed Under: chocolate, Creek in Ohio, mousse, No Bake Desserts Tagged With: children's dessert, chocolate, chocolate cookies, chocolate mousse dirt cups, cookie, gummy worms, milk chocolate mousse, mousse, oreo crumbs, worms in dirt

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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